(slang) tangles up or confuses (one) excessively. Taken from the US
West where a tangled-up
man in a confused
condition was likened to a person, horse or cow who had
run into a
telegraph pole and gotten wrapped around it. It infers the
situation or person
needs to be untangled and straightened out.
(slang) tangles up or confuses (one) excessively. Taken from the US
West where a tangled-up
man in a confused
condition was likened to a person, horse or cow who had
run into a
telegraph pole andgotten wrapped around it. It infers the
situation or person
needs to be untangled and straightened out.